CIDRIS Research Fellows

Ravi Bapna received his Ph.D. in Operations and Information Management from the University of Connecticut in 1999. He is currently an Assistant Professor in Management Information Systems at the University of Connecticut. He has also held a similar position at the School of Management at University of Texas at Dallas during 1999-2000 and at Northeastern University in the 2000-2001 academic year, respectively. Dr. Bapna's research interests are in the area of electronic commerce, e-mercantile process design and evaluation, Internet auctions, and economics of information systems. His research has been published in a wide array of journals such as Management Science, Decision Sciences, Naval Research Logistics, Decision Support Systems, Information Technology and Management, European Journal of Operations Research and Logistics and Information Management.
Dr. Sudip Bhattacharjee is an Assistant Professor in Management Information Systems in the OPIM Department at the University of Connecticut. He received his Ph.D. in Management Science and Systems, with a minor in Industrial Engineering, from SUNY Buffalo in 1999. Dr. Bhattacharjee's research interests lie in design and analysis of distributed computing systems, economics of information systems, and supply chain integration. His research has been published or is forthcoming in various journals such as Journal of Business, INFORMS Journal on Computing, Communications of the ACM, IEEE Transactions, Decision Support Systems, European Journal of Operational Research, and other outlets. His research has been highlighted in various media outlets such as Connecticut Public Television, Business Week, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Buffalo News, Der Spiegel, Christian Science Monitor, slashdot.org, Business 2.0 Web Guide, The Shifted Librarian, and others.
Dr. Dipak Dey Department of Statistics
Research Excellence Award, American Association of University Professors, University of Connecticut, 2004
Fellow, American Statistical Association
Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Elected Member, International Statistical Institute
Representative of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics to the American Mathematical Society, 1997-1999
President of International Indian Statistical Association
Representative of the Section on Bayesian Statistical Science to the American Statistical Association
Member, IMS Nominating Committee,1999, IMS Publication and Memorial Committee
Visiting Faculty, Statistical Engineering Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Dr. Paulo B. Goes , Ph.D. is a Professor of Operations and Information Management and a Gladstein Professor of Information Technology and Innovation. A former Associate Director of the Connecticut Information Technology Institute, he played a fundamental role in the conceptualization and implementation of edgelab. He is director of the endowed Treibick Electronic Commerce Initiative (TECI) and from 1996 to 1999 he was the Technology Director of UConn's School of Business. He has been teaching information technology courses for UConn since 1990 and has received several teaching awards. His research interests include Internet technologies and electronic commerce, design and evaluation of models for e-business, online auctions, database recovery/security, computer networking and technology infrastructure.
Ram D. Gopal , Ph.D. is a GE Endowed Professor of Business and Associate Professor of Operations and Information Management in the School of Business, University of Connecticut. He currently serves as the Ph.D. director for the department. His current research interests include economics of information systems management, data security, economic and ethical issues relating to intellectual property rights, and multimedia applications. His research has appeared in Management Science, Operations Research, INFORMS Journal on Computing, Information Systems Research, Communications of the ACM, IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, Journal of Management Information Systems, Decision Support Systems, and other journals and conference proceedings. He is the recipient of the School of Business Undergraduate teaching award in 2002 and the School of Business Graduate teaching award in 2003.
James R. Marsden , Ph.D. is a Professor and Head of the Department of Operations and Information Management who joined UConn in 1993. He was part of a three-person team that conceptualized, initiated and oversaw the development of the Connecticut Information Technology Institute and is currently serving as its Executive Director. He also developed and implemented the Treibick Electronic Commerce Initiative. Dr. Marsden also serves as Director of the OPIM/SBA MIS Research Lab and served for several years as a member of the Advisory Board and Steering Committee of CIBER (Center for International Business Education and Research). He currently serves on the edgelab Steering Committee which selects and resources projects and oversees operations. Dr. Marsden is a two-time winner of the Chancellor's Award for IT Excellence and a co-winner of the Team Connecticut Program Award from the Office of Economic Development.
Kristine L. Nowak Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2000, is an Assistant Professor in the Communication Science department, and director of the human computer interaction lab, at the University of Connecticut. Her research focuses on the person perception process and user satisfaction in computer-mediated interactions. She is also interested in design and usability issues involving computer media. See http://www.coms.uconn.edu/hcilab for more information.
Gene Santos , Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering. Eugene Santos, Jr. received his B.S. ('85) in Mathematics and Computer Science from Youngstown State University, a M.S. ('86) in Mathematics from Youngstown State University, as well as Sc.M. ('88) and Ph.D. ('92) degrees in Computer Science from Brown University. His areas of research interest include artificial intelligence, neural networks, automated reasoning, natural language processing, probabilistic reasoning, and knowledge engineering, verification and validation, protein folding, load balancing, virtual reality, and active user interfaces. He has served on many major conference program committees from intelligent agents to evolutionary computing. He is currently an associate editor for the IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics and for the International Journal of Image and Graphics. He also has many hobbies including volleyball, music composition, wood working, science fiction, raising goldfish and Koi, and Chinese culture. He was born in 1968 in Youngstown, Ohio.
Rajkumar Venkatesan , Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing